Investigation Update: Should The State Spend Public Dollars To Create A Special Interest Group?
A deep analysis shows that the State of North Dakota is spending public dollars to create a special interest group, that then lobbies for and approves more public dollars for its own members.
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the clear-cut conflicts of interest that State Representative Emily O’Brien appears to have with her role as Chief Operating Officer of the Bioscience Association of North Dakota.
Republican Leadership In Denial About Ethics
Obtaining Details Has Been A Process
Earlier this week, an ethics complaint was filed by an unknown filer and publicized by a group ***NOT*** associated with the North Dakota Watchdog Network. (For the record, I was ***NOT*** the person who filed the complaint.)
Within a hour of that complaint being publicized, I was sent a PDF dossier by an anonymous email source outlining the legislative record of Representative Emily O’Brien. You can read that here:
I had to do some due diligence to verify the veracity and authenticity of these documents (there was a question for a while, but I am confident that the substance of the documents is factually accurate.)
I then made an Open Record Request to the North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner’s office asking for more information regarding …
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